ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights what is currently known about Australian parents’ views about responsible schooling practices in terms of gender and sexuality diversity-inclusivity. In order to explore how gender and sexuality diverse content inclusions can be progressed through local/federal governmental support amid sometimes conflicting paradigms of students’ right to knowledge versus parents’ right to censor, the chapter spotlights two international contexts, including the United Kingdom and New York State, concluding closer to home, with a focus on the Australian state of Victoria, the most progressive and gender and sexuality diverse-inclusive state of Australia in terms of K-12 schooling. In Wales, curriculum guidance in the area of Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) has likewise become considerably more inclusive of gender and sexuality diverse identities. As the social links grow and spheres of influence move outwards, increasing visibility of gender and sexuality diverse people will undoubtedly continue to impact Australian society via increases in understanding, empathy and affirmation.
